Lovely article, close to my own heart as someone who spent half my life growing up in Greece and then continued travel to many places. I too came back to the UK, I was wondering why you are coming back? I thought you might say in the article apart from your wish to help!
I run a free food network in my village in East Sussex called The Growing Network (https://www.facebook.com/TGN.FB), you are right there are so many wonderful initiatives happening all over the globe, it’s heart warming. I do not see the authoritarians getting their way, there are too many of us that are fully aware (and varying degrees thereof), they have blown it, what a shambles!!
Good luck with the re-dis-/re-location. I think British democratic accountability and transparency is in a very, very bad way. The most depressing thing is I'm not sure how they can begin to be restored or improved, from here. But perhaps there's a way.
Personally I doubt whether it can be fixed - I think probably a different governance system and political culture, on in which people are more active and responsible, is needed. It will take time - we're at the stage of the disintegration of the old at the moment. And part of that process is more and more people realising that things aren't going to change if you just vote a bit differently or keep asking captured politicians to be a bit nicer.
Lovely article, close to my own heart as someone who spent half my life growing up in Greece and then continued travel to many places. I too came back to the UK, I was wondering why you are coming back? I thought you might say in the article apart from your wish to help!
I run a free food network in my village in East Sussex called The Growing Network (https://www.facebook.com/TGN.FB), you are right there are so many wonderful initiatives happening all over the globe, it’s heart warming. I do not see the authoritarians getting their way, there are too many of us that are fully aware (and varying degrees thereof), they have blown it, what a shambles!!
I look forward to reading more from you.
Jo Morphy x
Thank you - part of the answer to your question is homesickness, while on the Portuguese side it's book length!
Your project sounds fascinating and I hope to be writing more about these kinds of things in future.
Good luck with the re-dis-/re-location. I think British democratic accountability and transparency is in a very, very bad way. The most depressing thing is I'm not sure how they can begin to be restored or improved, from here. But perhaps there's a way.
Personally I doubt whether it can be fixed - I think probably a different governance system and political culture, on in which people are more active and responsible, is needed. It will take time - we're at the stage of the disintegration of the old at the moment. And part of that process is more and more people realising that things aren't going to change if you just vote a bit differently or keep asking captured politicians to be a bit nicer.